Health

The Biden administration proposes new rules to push insurers to boost mental health coverage
Jul 25, 2023

The Biden administration proposes new rules to push insurers to boost mental health coverage

President Joe Biden’s administration has announced new rules meant to push insurance companies to increase their coverage of mental health treatments


Jul 24, 2023

3rd man arrested in firebombing of Planned Parenthood in Southern California last year

Authorities say a third man has been arrested on federal charges related to the firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Southern California last year


Jul 24, 2023

Miami police director out of surgery after critical injury in Tampa as Florida police investigate

Miami-Dade's mayor says the head of the Police Department is in stable condition after surgery in a Tampa area hospital


After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung
Jul 24, 2023

After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung

A half-century ago, top U.S. health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust


Minneapolis backs off arrests for psychedelic plant use
Jul 23, 2023

Minneapolis backs off arrests for psychedelic plant use

Minneapolis is backing away from enforcing laws that criminalize buying psychedelic plants or using them in private


Jul 23, 2023

Deck collapse at Montana country club leaves multiple people injured, police say

A deck has collapsed at a Montana country club, leaving up to 25 people injured


Jul 20, 2023

Missouri Supreme Court orders the GOP attorney general to stand down in fight over abortion costs

The Missouri Supreme Court is ordering the Republican attorney general to stand down and allow an initiative petition to legalize abortion in the state to move forward


Kansas' attorney general wants to keep trans people from intervening in his lawsuit over state IDs
Jul 20, 2023

Kansas' attorney general wants to keep trans people from intervening in his lawsuit over state IDs

The Republican attorney general in Kansas is working to keep transgender people from intervening of his state-court lawsuit against changing the sex listings on their state driver’s licenses


A woman who investigators say burned a Wyoming abortion clinic pleads guilty to arson
Jul 20, 2023

A woman who investigators say burned a Wyoming abortion clinic pleads guilty to arson

An abortion opponent who told investigators that anxiety and nightmares about a planned Wyoming abortion clinic led her to burn the facility has pleaded guilty to arson


Texas women denied abortions give emotional accounts in court, ask judge to clarify law
Jul 19, 2023

Texas women denied abortions give emotional accounts in court, ask judge to clarify law

Women who sued Texas after saying they were denied abortions despite serious risks to their health are asking a court to step in